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November 3–4 2006: Two Day Hands On Seminar It is so easy to make an expensive mistake when buying technology!This two day course is a high energy power packed program. However, attendance is limited. The sessions will be customized to the attendees so you get the most from your time and investment.
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I was privledged to see Rita Bauer present at the recent Kodak Users meeting in Costa Mesa. I highly reccomend her to anyone who wants to take better clinical photographs.
She is a professional phtographer and has been working at the University of Toronto dental school as a medical photographer developing and testing digital camera systems. [...]
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A new, high resolution, 7.1 megapixel digital photography system from Kodak the P712 Dental Digital Photography System, features higher lens magnification (12X optical zoom and 3.3X digital zoom) yields improved image quality and detail. The system now comes pre-programmed with two dental settings - one setting for portraits and intraoral photographs; the other setting, with [...]
ADA.org: ADA Annual Session 2006: Exhibitor Search
The ADA’s Exhibitor Search function allows you to determine what companies you’d like to visit before you get to the Annual Session. The product category search allows you to find a list of companies selling a particular product, so you can compare prices and get the best deal. Or [...]
Patterson has released CAESY Enterprise 5.7, The new version has 26 new multimedia presentations for the treatment or consultation room. Smile Channel, is a 90-minute video loop, designed for the reception area, which includes 12 new and 11 updated presentation topics, as well as eight new commercials to subtly promote the benefits of esthetic dentistry and the importance of proper hygiene . [...]
MacDent Pro - Practice Management Software
For die hard MAC loyalists, which means just about every MAC user here is another attempt to develop a MAC based Practice Management System. I understand the advantages that MAC has over PC in some areas. However I don’t believe there is enough market support for a MAC based [...]
Version 6 release includes the new Risk Assessment Screening tool; new MGJ (mucogingival junction) Mode; ability to enter multiple medical alerts at the same time; new option to print the text summary on the Periodontal Chart; new Keyboard Shortcuts dialog accessed by the right toolbar on the Perio Page; new program startup keyboard shortcut: Ctrl [...]
Digital information can be many things including words, numbers, photos, colors, sounds, movies, x-rays or even a solid object. Once an item is digitized there are three significant things you can do with it. You can store transmit and manipulate the information electronically. That’s it, that’s the digital revolution. At first glance it may not [...]
ClikTech,. has released a full line of sensor holders for the Kodak RVG 5000/6000 series dental sensors. Kodak Dental Systems will provide the sensor holders to its customers with every new Kodak digital sensor system. ClikRay™ sensor holders have been available for most of the leading digital radiography sensors but did not have a model that worked with [...]
Look here Inside Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 for the latest on The new Windows from Microsoft called Vista. It is due out in 2007…maybe..:-). This site has a cool 100 image slide show of Vista screen shots.
Gateway Profile 6 SB review by PC Magazine
On what was once a crowded playing field, the Gateway Profile 6 SB ($1,519 direct with 19-inch monitor) is one of the few remaining Microsoft Windows–based all-in-one PCs. As its name suggests, the Profile 6 SB is aimed at small businesses as well as consumers. It is an [...]
Look here PhotoMed / Canon G6 for more details
Update June 2006: *****************************************************************************The Canon G6 has been discontinued. While all of the new ones are gone, we do have a limited number of Canon Factory Reconditioned models. These are now $400 less than the new ones and carry a Canon 90 day warranty. All other package details [...]
From PC magazine click here : Digital Camera Basics: Understanding Exposure
Light is the essence of both film and digital photography. When light strikes film or an image sensor, it creates a photograph. Too much light, and the picture is “blown out” (too bright), with no details that you can discern. (See Figure 6-1a .) Too little [...]
Computers in the treatment rooms are not just simple data entry business machines. They are also multimedia patient education and communication stations. For example, in addition to practice management software a treatment room computer could have digital radiographs, patient education, digital image management, multiple monitors, sound and speakers, multiple inputs, computerized probes, shade matching, voice [...]
The most difficult transition for most offices starting with a new computer system is simply learning the system (some people don’t even know how to use a mouse) and at the same time keeping the daily operations of the practice going. In other words, survival. Often this transition takes so much effort that the office [...]
From the - New York Times
The UX Micro, which will be available online and in stores for $1,800 in about a month, uses Intel’s new Core Solo Ultra Low Voltage processor for standard PC performance in a 1.2-pound package.It runs Windows XP Professional and has a 4.5-inch touch screen as well as a small fold-out [...]